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Introduction to Religions & Ecology

Курс от Yale University
Начальный≈ 14.9 чАнглийский
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At first glance the fields of religion and ecology may seem and unlikely pairing, but a deeper consideration reveals the two have a great deal to contribute to one another and are indeed inextricably linked. Religions recognize the unity and interdependence of humans with nature. Ecological sciences affirm this deep interconnection with the natural world. This partnership can inspire work for the wellbeing of the Earth community
 There is a need for broader literacy and deeper knowledge of the world’s religions and their ecological contributions. This specialization, starting with this course, contributes such a perspective. Each course celebrates the vitality of religiously-informed action for the Earth and recognizes the longstanding contributions of Indigenous peoples in offering visions and practices for ecological flourishing. This course is part one of the "Religions and Ecology: Restoring the Earth Community" series of classes that focuses on the ecological dimensions of religious traditions throughout the world. The course you are about to begin is designed as a gateway to the other classes. It describes the nature of religion as well as the emergence of the field of ecology. In addition, it highlights concerns for forestry issues, the climate emergency, global ethics, and environmental justice. This course is for lifelong learners curious to know more about world religions and ecology, environmental professionals eager to deepen the discourse of environmental protection and conservation, those working with non-profit organizations and NGOs on issues of ecological justice, and religion leaders and laity who wish to know how they can contribute to interreligious dialogue on environmental projects.

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Environmental IssueEnvironmentCultureSocial JusticeIntercultural CompetenceNatural Resource ManagementEuropean HistoryAnthropologyBiologyEthical Standards And ConductClimate Change MitigationSustainable SystemsSustainable DevelopmentAdvocacyLife SciencesWorld HistoryInternational RelationsLiberal ArtsCultural DiversityEnvironment and Resource Management

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8 модулей · 137 учебных материалов

01MODULE 1: Course Introduction12 материалов

Overview of the Course: Introduction to Religions and Ecology

Welcome letter from Mary Evelyn Tucker and John GrimЧтениеLand Acknowledgement - John Grim and Mary Evelyn TuckerВидеоCourse Introduction - John Grim and Mary Evelyn TuckerВидеоHow this course is organizedЧтение

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Mary Evelyn Tucker

Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Scholar

John Grim

Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Scholar

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Язык: Английский

Субтитры: Арабский, Французский, Украинский, Китайский (Китай), Греческий, Итальянский, Бразильский португальский, Нидерландский, Корейский, Немецкий, Русский, Тайский, Индонезийский, Шведский, Турецкий, Испанский, Хинди, Японский, Казахский, Польский

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Get to know your Instructors and the Environmental Context

Personal Introduction - Mary Evelyn TuckerВидеоPersonal Introduction - John GrimВидеоLearn more about your Instructors Чтение(Optional) Religion and Ecology Conferences and Book Series, 1996-1998ЧтениеPre-video introduction: "The Promise of Planetary Health"ЧтениеThe Promise of Planetary HealthPLUGINIntroductionОбсуждение
02MODULE 2: The Emergence of the Field of Religion and Ecology16 материалов

Lesson 2.1 - The Harvard Conferences and the founding of the Forum on Religion and Ecology

Pre-video introduction: "Religion and a New Environmental Ethic"ЧтениеReligion and a New Environmental Ethic - Mary Evelyn Tucker and John GrimPLUGINOur Journey into Religion and EcologyЧтениеCulminating Conferences at American Museum of Natural History and United NationsЧтениеTu Weiming, “Imagining a New Mindset”ВидеоPre-video introduction: "Welcome to the Anthropocene"ЧтениеWelcome to the AnthropocenePLUGIN(Optional) Ways to Learn MoreЧтение

Lesson 2.2 - The Problems and Promise of Religions for Environmentalism

Lecture - Religion and Spirituality - Mary Evelyn TuckerВидеоLecture - What is Religion? - Mary Evelyn TuckerВидеоCharacteristics, Persistence, and Diversity of ReligionsЧтениеLecture - Problems and Promise of Religion - John GrimВидеоCulture, Spirituality, and ConservationPLUGIN(Optional) Ways to Learn MoreЧтение
03MODULE 3: Religious Ecology: Orienting, Grounding, Nurturing, Transforming15 материалов

Lesson 3.1 - Religion as Symbolic Systems and Symbolic Knowing

Lecture - Defining Religion - Mary Evelyn TuckerВидеоThe Nature of Religion: Symbolic Systems and Symbolic KnowingЧтениеDimensions of ReligionsЧтениеGlossary of TermsЧтение(Optional) Ways to Learn MoreЧтение

Lesson 3.2 - Religious Ecology and Religious Cosmology

Lecture - Defining Religious Ecology - Mary Evelyn TuckerВидеоLecture - Symbolic Structures - John GrimВидеоDefining Religious EcologyЧтение (Optional) Ways to Learn MoreЧтение

Lesson 3.3 - Religious Ecology: Orienting, Grounding, Nurturing, Transforming

Lecture - Orienting and Grounding - Mary Evelyn TuckerВидеоLecture - Nurturing and Transforming - John GrimВидеоOrienting, Grounding, Nurturing, TransformingЧтение(Optional) Ways to Learn MoreЧтениеModule 3: Religious Ecology - Orienting, Grounding, Nurturing, TransformingОбсуждениеModule 3: Religious Ecology - Orienting, Grounding, Nurturing, TransformingЗадание
04MODULE 4: Views of Nature in the West13 материалов

Lesson 4.1 - From Animism to Monotheism - From Purpose to Ambivalence

Lecture - From Animism to Monotheism and From Purpose to Ambivalence - John GrimВидеоViews of Nature in the WestЧтение(Optional) Ways to Learn MoreЧтение

Lesson 4.2 - From Holism to Rationalism - From Romanticism to Transcendentalism

Lecture - From Holism to Rationalism and From Romanticism to Transcendentalism - Mary Evelyn TuckerВидеоFrom Holism to RationalismЧтение(Optional) Ways to Learn MoreЧтение

Lesson 4.3 - From Anthropocentric to Anthropocosmic Thought

From Anthropocentric to Anthropocosmic ThoughtЧтениеImage tour of the Cat’s Eye Nebula and Whirlpool GalaxyЧтениеJourney of the UniverseВидеоJourney of the Universe website and resourcesЧтение(Optional) Ways to Learn MoreЧтениеModule 4: Views of Nature in the WestОбсуждение
05MODULE 5: Ecology, Conservation, and Ethics29 материалов

Lesson 5.1 - Forms of Ecology; Emergence of the Field of Ecology

Lecture - Emergence of the Field of Ecology - John GrimВидео(Optional) Forms of EcologyЧтениеGlossary of Ecology TermsЧтение(Optional) Global Environmental HistoriesЧтение(Optional) Ways to Learn MoreЧтение

Lesson 5.2 - The Development of the Ecological Movement in the United States

Lecture - From Holism to Biometrics - Mary Evelyn TuckerВидео(Optional) Development of Ecology in the United StatesЧтениеJohn Muir (1838-1914)ЧтениеAldo Leopold (1887-1948)ЧтениеLecture - Forms of Ecology - Mary Evelyn Tucker ВидеоLeopold’s Land EthicЧтение(Optional) Ecology, Conservation, and Ethics in the American Environmental MovementЧтениеRachel Carson (1907-1964)PLUGINRachel Carson and The Sense of WonderЧтение(Optional) Rachel Carson PapersЧтение(Optional) Ways to Learn MoreЧтение

Section 5.3 - Ecology, Conservation, and Ethics

Envisioning EcologyЧтениеLecture - Envisioning Ecology: Perspectives in Ecological ScienceВидеоLecture - Envisioning Ecology: From Climax States to Food ChainsВидеоLecture - Envisioning Ecology: Ecosystems and New EcologyВидеоLecture - Envisioning Ecology: Organic Homeostasis versus Discordant HarmonyВидеоPre-video introduction: “Introduction to Systems Ecology”Чтение
06MODULE 6: Emergence of the Moral Force of Religion and Ecology 26 материалов

Lesson 6.1 - Engaged Religious Environmentalism: From Global to Local

Working with Indigenous Peoples to Protect Forests in PanamaPLUGINSelected Perspectives on Nature in the World Religions; The Force of Religious EnvironmentalismЧтениеGlobal Religious Environmental EngagementЧтениеEngaged Projects, Yale Forum on Religion and EcologyЧтение(Optional) Ways to Learn MoreЧтение

Lesson 6.2 - Protecting Forests

Jane Goodall introduces the Interfaith Rainforest InitiativeВидео(Optional) Learn more about Jane Goodall and her workВидеоInterfaith Rainforest InitiativeЧтениеVictoria Tauli-Corpuz on the Interfaith Rainforest InitiativeВидео(Optional) Learn more about Victoria Tauli-CorpuzЧтение(Optional) Faiths for Forests DeclarationЧтениеBuddhist Ordination of Trees in Southeast AsiaЧтениеIndian Chipko Movement of Hugging Trees to Protect ThemЧтениеRestoring Sacred Groves in Southwest ChinaЧтениеGuest Lecture - Problematizing Ideas of “Purity” and “Timelessness” in the Conservation Narratives of Sacred Groves - Lily ZengВидео(Optional) Ways to Learn MoreЧтение

Lesson 6.3 - The Challenge of the Climate Emergency

Pre-video introduction: “Youth Leader Martinez speaks at the United Nations”ЧтениеYouth Leader Martinez speaks at the United NationsPLUGINPre-video introduction: “Religion and Climate Change”ЧтениеReligion and Climate ChangePLUGINClimate Action Resources, Yale Forum on Religion and EcologyЧтениеReligious Leadership on the Global Climate CrisisЧтение
07MODULE 7: Building on Interreligious Dialogue: Global Ethics and Environmental Justice24 материалов

Section 7.1 - Global Ethics

Lecture - Interreligious Dialogue - Mary Evelyn TuckerВидеоLecture - The Parliament of the World’s Religions - Mary Evelyn TuckerВидео(Optional) Building on Interreligious Dialogue: Toward a Global EthicsЧтениеThe Earth CharterЧтениеLecture - The Earth Charter - A Discussion with Mary Evelyn Tucker and John GrimВидеоEarth Charter: Turning conscience into action for a thriving EarthPLUGIN(Optional) Ways to Learn MoreЧтение

Section 7.2 - Environmental Justice

An Introduction to Environmental JusticeЧтениеA Brief History of Environmental JusticePLUGINEnvironmental Justice and the United Church of ChristЧтение(Optional) What is environmental justice?ЧтениеPre-video introduction: “Pollution is Segregated”Чтение“Pollution is Segregated” Says the Father of Environmental JusticePLUGIN

Section 7.3 - Challenges Ahead: Creating Ecological Cultures

Creating Ecological CulturesЧтениеPre-video introduction: “The Arctic: the Consequences of Human Folly”ЧтениеThe Arctic: The Consequences of Human FollyPLUGINPre-video introduction: “Pay it Forward - Envisioning Next Steps with Our Leaders of Tomorrow”ЧтениеXiye Bastida, “Pay it Forward - Envisioning Next Steps with Our Leaders of TomorrowPLUGIN(Optional) Ways to Learn MoreЧтение
08MODULE 8: Course Conclusion2 материалов

Course Conclusion (and What's Next)

Lecture - Course Conclusion - John Grim and Mary Evelyn TuckerВидеоConcluding ThoughtsЧтение
Module 2: The Emergence of the Field of Religion and EcologyОбсуждение
Module 2: The Emergence of the Field of Religion and EcologyЗадание
Module 4: Views of Nature in the WestЗадание
Eugene Odum, "Introduction to Systems Ecology"PLUGIN
Pre-video introduction: “Ethics, Values, and Religious Perspectives on Biological Diversity”Чтение
Thomas Lovejoy, “Ethics, Values, and Religious Perspectives on Biological Diversity.” Interviewed by Mary Evelyn TuckerВидео
(Optional) From Climax State to New EcologyЧтение
(Optional) Ways to Learn MoreЧтение
Module 5: Ecology, Conservation, and EthicsОбсуждение
Module 5: Ecology, Conservation, and EthicsЗадание
Pope Francis, "Our moral imperative to act on climate change"PLUGIN
(Optional) Ways to Learn MoreЧтение
Module 6: Emergence of the Moral Force of Religion and Ecology Обсуждение
Module 6: Emergence of the Moral Force of Religion and EcologyЗадание
Landmark Statements on Environmental JusticeЧтение
Ecojustice Resource Hub, Yale Forum on Religion and EcologyЧтение
(Optional) Ways to Learn MoreЧтение
Module 7: Building on Interreligious Dialogue: Global Ethics and Environmental JusticeОбсуждение
Module 7: Building on Interreligious Dialogue: Global Ethics and Environmental JusticeЗадание